The Rise of Silas Lapham

THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM

by

William Dean Howells

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WHEN Bartley Hubbard went to interview Silas Lapham for the "Solid Men of Boston" series, which he undertook to finish up in The Events, after he replaced their original projector on that newspaper, Lapham received him in his private office by previous appointment.

"Walk right...